On July 25th, the Fafen(free and fair election network) consisting of over 50 leading civil society organisations is set to deploy 19,000 impartial observers across 272 National Assembly constituencies to monitor voting and counting processes. The civil society deserves to experience transparency as this repulses political engineering and coercion if any.
The Pakistanis will have to be careful enough to elect parliamentarians on the basis of party manifesto and candidates’ integrity.
Though casting vote is a legal right, a civic duty and a moral obligation, some registered voters prefer not to show up at their designated polling stations. Reason of their reluctance may be their valid fear of reprisal from some quarters or they choose not to go for voting out of convenience. Probably, they are hesitant to cast ballot due to their perception about the contestants or the system in place. The fact, however, remains that they deserve to use their power of choice wisely by voting for the right candidate based on his or her track record. Some voters go voting independently without pressure just to satisfy their own perception.
Right-wing ideology party supports the status quo and see capitalists as engines of growth, while the left-wing ideology party is of the view that the masses are engines of growth. On the contrary, the two parties have been taking turns only to criminally neglect public interests, destroy national institutions, and overburdening the nation with an extremely high indebtedness in the last ten years of their dictatorship style democracy. Unfortunately, the two political families have been running the show in controlling Pakistan politics and governance. The dynastic politics has always been facilitating the ruling elite to carry on with a “corrupt style nonsense” under the umbrella of parliamentary system.
Elect a pro Pakistan government:
The looming threat of weakening Pakistan posed by the next door neighbor is in collaboration with its allies under a modern warfare strategy. In other words, Pakistan’s economy has been set up to suffer both from outside through heavy loans, and from within through a proxy terrorism and the ongoing mega corruption. Civil governments have been ignoring to provide the desperately needed facilities to the farmers. Neglecting to construct new dams amounts to a grave criminal offence; beyond doubt, it has provided an easy opportunity to the ENEMY to snatch Pakistan’s share of “flowing rivers.” Prime Minister Modi plans to divert all the flowing rivers away from Pakistan to create another Somalia. The previous governments have been asleep on the major issue. The Election time is an excellent opportunity to fix the wrongs by electing the good people only.
Now, the competing political parties are focused on policies, strategies and projects in sectors of Health, Education, Water, Energy and job. Question is how would they fund the promised projects? There is no valid answer to satisfy the politically aware voter.
Interesting: Following data is supplied by Asif Khan (fb)
Political Scene – General Elections July 25, 2018
Independent Analyses (unbiased of political affiliation) based on 4 opinion polls results Jun 15 – Jul 16, 2018 i.e. IPOR (published by GSP), AKD Research, Pulse Consultants & Gallup Pakistan (published by GEO/ Jang). They all were not far off in their results, hence averaged out the results (Total of 272 National Assembly seats) as follows: (numbers rounded)
PTI 32% (87 seats) PMLN 26% (71 seats) PPP 15% (41 seats) MMA 3% (8 seats) MQM 2% (5 seats)
ANP 1% (3 seats) Others 21% (57 seats*) * GDA 5, TLYR 4, PSP 4, Others 4,
Independents 40)
The worst case scenario: A lota-cracy culture is on the rise and nobody knows for sure who is sincere and who is not.
Most probably, a hung parliament will form a coalition government which is bad for deliverance as promised.
There is no doubt about the fact that PMLN is facing difficult times and needs a party to be able to pull out of this fiasco. For years, the two parties have fought against one another but this time around it is beneficial to come to one goal of maintaining status quo. Nevertheless, a coalition of the “PPP-PML(n) will be a disaster for the country as a reversal of verdicts so far reached will be done fast by amending the constitution in their favor. The interests of Pakistan most likely will be in jeopardy and compromised under their union. The last ten years of their so called democratic rule is an open book to read.
Punjab is the real political arena in this election:
Each National Assembly constituency won or lost in Punjab will have far-reaching impact on the final outcome.
Opinion polls, surveys and predictions are clearly indicating the following:
• No political party will be able to get the required majority to form the next government hence, a hung parliament seems to be the most likely outcome.
•The politically affiliated voters are going to be voting for the party of their liking.
•The undecided voters can go either way. These voters might not be in big numbers but can decisively swing the election in favor of either the PML-N or the PTI. Both the parties are trying to win over these voters.
Unfaithful parliamentarians are not welcome: Pakistanis must report the candidates who are giving cash to the poor to buy votes. Rejecting the cheating mafia shall generate a purely democratic parliament.
1.The coalition government or the winning party must continue to fight against terror, work towards the national economy, a viable foreign policy.
2. Most of all, the incoming leadership should immediately realize the delicacy of water shortage nationwide and act accordingly.
By: Mian Tariq Javed
tariqmjaved4@gmail.com
Miracle Media
Thursday, May 7, 2026
